Intro: D/F#GF#BAED/F#GF#/ABEm/GF#m7EE
Walking down the sidewalk one purple afternoon,
F#m7
I was accosted by a barker
A/BE
Playing a simple tune upon his flute.
D/AAE
Toottoottoottoot.
B7
Silver rain was falling down
AEAE
Upon the dirty ground of London town.
ABm7
People pass me by on my imaginary street,
Amaj7/C#F#m7
Ordinary people it's impossible to meet,
Bm7Esus4E
Holding conversations that are always incomplete.
A
Well I don't know.
F#m7Edim/GE/G#A
Oh, where are there places to go?
F#m7Edim/GE/G#A
Someone, somewhere has to know.
D/F#GE/G#
I'don't know.
ABm7
Out of work again,the actor entertains his wife
Amaj7/C#F#m7
With the same old stories of his ordinary life.
Bm7Esus4E
Maybe he exaggerates the trouble and the strife.
A
Well, I don't know.
F#m7Edim/GE/G#A
Oh, where are there places to go?
F#m7Edim/GE/G#A
Someone, somewhere has to know.
E
Crawling down the pavement on a Sunday afternoon,
F#m7
I was arrested by a rozzer
A/BE
Wearing a pink balloon about his foot.
D/AAE
Toot toot toot toot.
B7
Silver rain was falling down
AEAE
Upon the dirty ground of London town.
Fm7Edim/GE/G#A
Someone, somewhere has to know.
A
Silver rain was falling down
GDA
Upon the dirty ground of London town.